Hamburg City vs Surat - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Hamburg City	Surat
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2007	$771
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4961	$1163
🏠 One person rent	$1066	$519
🏘️ Family rent	$2044	$463
🍽️ Food expenses	$557	$166
🚐 Transport expenses	$235	$44.5
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3346	$444
😷 Air quality	Good	Unhealthy
✈️ Airport proximity	9 km	11 km
🎓 Higher education	84	40
😀 Quality of life	94	48
🏙️ Population	1.91M	5.94M

The cost of living in Hamburg City is 160% more expensive than in Surat. Cities ranked 1818th and 6559th ($2007 vs $771) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 3rd and 1st in Germany and India, respectively. Check Germany vs India comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.7 months in Hamburg City compared to 0.6 months in Surat. Hamburg City ranked 6th best city to live in Germany vs Surat ranked 48th in India, while ranked 40th and 6336th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Hamburg City vs Surat

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	Hamburg City	Surat
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$17.5	$3.46
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$83.9	$11.6
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10.6	$3.44
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.27	$2.87
☕ Cappuccino	$4.1	$1.74
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$3.08	$0.45
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1071	$454
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$755	$498
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2236	$1021
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1550	$271
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$209	$22.4
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$318	$34.6
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$39	$7.5
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	3.92%	8.88%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$8190	$864
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$5824	$637
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$3.69	$0.23
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$52.1	$5.71
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$29	$2.06
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.86	$1.14
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.17	$0.74
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.04	$0.55
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.14	$0.73
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.38	$0.99
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13	$4.86
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.9	$3.38
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$18.8	$8.57
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.92	$1.51
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.66	$0.61
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.19	$0.94
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.38	$0.67
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.64	$0.35
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.69	$0.42
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.6	$0.23
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.12	$0.98
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$6.28	$8.53
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.01	$2.77
🚬 Cigarette pack	$8.67	$3.85
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$11.6	$2.06
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.11	$3.1
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.57	$0.88
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.77	$0.61
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$45.5	$18.9
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$14.6	$2.87
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$58.4	$13.9
💇 Haircut, simple	$23.1	$2.39
👖 Brand Jeans	$85.6	$25.5
👟 Brand Sneakers	$108	$46.7
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$233	$49.8
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$24460	$1261

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Cities near Hamburg City

Distance	City	Cost of living
17 km or 11 mi	Reinbek	$1514
17 km or 11 mi	Norderstedt	$1501
18 km or 11 mi	Pinneberg	$1489
20 km or 13 mi	Wedel	$1482
21 km or 13 mi	Ahrensburg	$1515
21 km or 13 mi	Buxtehude	$1437
21 km or 13 mi	Quickborn	$1485
25 km or 15 mi	Winsen	$1425
28 km or 17 mi	Geesthacht	$1514
32 km or 20 mi	Elmshorn	$1473
32 km or 20 mi	Kaltenkirchen	$1484
35 km or 22 mi	Stade	$1428
38 km or 24 mi	Bad Oldesloe	$1530
43 km or 27 mi	Luneburg	$1397
52 km or 33 mi	Itzehoe	$1459
57 km or 36 mi	Lubeck	$1599
58 km or 36 mi	Neumunster	$1456
62 km or 38 mi	Bad Schwartau	$1552
63 km or 39 mi	Rotenburg an der Wumme	$1456
64 km or 40 mi	Soltau	$1469
75 km or 47 mi	Uelzen	$1488
81 km or 50 mi	Walsrode	$1482
83 km or 52 mi	Geestland	$1382
86 km or 54 mi	Kiel	$1452
87 km or 54 mi	Verden an der Aller	$1468
87 km or 54 mi	Rendsburg	$1432
88 km or 54 mi	Osterholz-Scharmbeck	$1432
88 km or 55 mi	Achim	$1450
93 km or 57 mi	Cuxhaven	$1382
93 km or 58 mi	Heide	$1451
94 km or 58 mi	Bremerhaven	$1626
94 km or 58 mi	Schwerin	$1231
95 km or 59 mi	Bremen City	$1556
102 km or 63 mi	Nordenham	$1358
103 km or 64 mi	Celle	$1458
103 km or 64 mi	Eckernforde	$1442
104 km or 64 mi	Wismar	$1307
106 km or 66 mi	Syke	$1451
107 km or 66 mi	Delmenhorst	$1451
109 km or 68 mi	Salzwedel	$1321

Cities near Surat

Distance	City	Cost of living
26 km or 16 mi	Navsari	$286
98 km or 61 mi	Bhavnagar	$298
131 km or 82 mi	Vadodara	$376
164 km or 102 mi	Nashik	$333
170 km or 106 mi	Nadiad	$382
189 km or 117 mi	Vasai	$284
192 km or 119 mi	Malegaon	$378
196 km or 122 mi	Godhra	$371
208 km or 130 mi	Ahmedabad	$452
209 km or 130 mi	Bhiwandi	$362
216 km or 134 mi	Kalyan	$381
222 km or 138 mi	Thane	$501
228 km or 142 mi	Gandhinagar	$415
239 km or 148 mi	Navi Mumbai	$480
244 km or 152 mi	Rajkot	$311
245 km or 152 mi	Mumbai	$716
274 km or 170 mi	Mehsana	$389
284 km or 177 mi	Jalgaon	$348
296 km or 184 mi	Aurangabad	$350
314 km or 195 mi	Pune	$513
332 km or 206 mi	Ratlam	$311
338 km or 210 mi	Porbandar	$333
356 km or 221 mi	Indore	$367
377 km or 234 mi	Ujjain	$298
389 km or 242 mi	Udaipur	$310
399 km or 248 mi	Bhuj	$288
406 km or 252 mi	Satara	$304
436 km or 271 mi	Akola	$295
499 km or 310 mi	Latur	$397
500 km or 311 mi	Bhilwara	$340
505 km or 314 mi	Solapur	$293
511 km or 318 mi	Amravati	$296
512 km or 318 mi	Sangli	$292
514 km or 320 mi	Pali	$324
518 km or 322 mi	Kolhapur	$307
521 km or 324 mi	Nanded	$315
526 km or 327 mi	Bhopal	$363
526 km or 327 mi	Ichalkaranji	$304
541 km or 336 mi	Kota	$339
570 km or 354 mi	Bijapur	$340